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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michelangelo Delfino, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
Abstract
A medical implant for use in brachytherapy or other medical treatment preferably having a silicon base and radioactive ions implanted in it. Preferably radioactive xenon ions are used. An ion implantation process is provided for doping the silicon substrate with the radioactive ions in a controlled fashion.